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La divison cellulaire asymétrique est un processus essentiel qui permet aux cellules souches de s’auto-renouveller et de produire une cellule fille destinée à la différenciation. La lignée germinale de C. elegans, totipotente et immortelle, est une lignée de cellules souches qui contient des organites ribonucléoprotéiques appelés granules P. Au cours du développement ces derniers sont toujours localisés spécifiquement dans les cellules précurseurs de la lignée germinals, suggérant qu’ils sont des déterminants de la lignée germinale. De façon intéressante, des granules ribonucléoprotéiques, comme les P bodies impliqués dans le contrôle post-transcriptionnel, ont été observés chez tous les organismes. Néanmoins, la fonction précise des granules P de C. elegans est inconnue. Récemment, notre laboratoire a montré que NHL-2, un homologue de Mei-P26 de Drosophile, colocalise avec les granules P dans des embryons précoces et joue un rôle dans la division cellulaire asymétrique et dans la polarité cellulaire. Tous les granules P contiennent NHL- 2, ce qui nous a mené à poser l’hypothèse que NHL-2 régule la biogenèse et la fonction des granules P. Nous avons testé cette hypothèse par imagerie et quantification de l'intensité de PGL-1, un composant essentiel des granules P, dans des embryons fixés. Nos résultats montrent que dans des embryons mutants pour nhl-2 il y a une réduction du nombre de granules P, de l'intensité de fluorescence moyenne (IFM) et de l'intensité de fluorescence total (IFT) de PGL-1. Une analyse plus poussée a montré qu'il existe deux populations distinctes d’embryons mutants pour nhl-2 : l’une présente une intensité de PGL-1 comparable à celle d’une population sauvage alors que le second groupe présente une forte réduction des quantités de PGL-1 et est comparable à des mutants pour pgl-1. Cette variabilité est aussi observée dans le phénotype de stérilité de nhl-2 mutant à des températures élevées. Globalement, nos résultats suggèrent que la perte de fonction de NHL-2 perturbe la prolifération des cellules germinales ainsi que la formation et/ou la stabilité des granules P au cours des étapes précoces du développement des précurseurs de la lignée germinals. D’autre part, ils suggèrent que la fonction de NHL-2 pourrait être partiellement redondants avec les autres régulateurs de la stabilité des granules P. Mots-clés : Granules P, NHL-2, Cellules germinals. / Asymmetric cell division is a process that enables stem cells to simultaneously self-renew and generate progeny committed to differentiation. For instance the totipotent and immortal germ lineage in C. elegans is a stem cell lineage that contains ribonucleoprotein organelles called P granules. P granules are present specifically in germ cells and have been proposed to function as germ line determinants. Interestingly, various RNP granules, such as P bodies that regulate post-transcriptional control have been also observed in all organisms. Nevertheless, the precise function of C. elegans P granules remains elusive. Recently our lab showed that NHL-2, a C. elegans homologue of Drosophila Mei-P26, localizes to P granules in early embryos and plays a role in asymmetric cell division and cell polarity. All P granules contain NHL-2, raising the possibility that NHL-2 plays a role in regulating P granule biogenesis and function. We investigated this possibility by imaging and quantifying the intensity of PGL-1, a core component of P granules, in fixed embryos. This analysis revealed that there is a reduction in: 1) the number of P granules and 2) the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) and total fluorescence intensity (TFI) of PGL-1 staining in nhl-2 null mutant embryos compared to wild type. Our further analysis of nhl-2 loss of function demonstrates that NHL-2, similar to P granule core components such as DEPS-1, GLH-1 and PGL-1, is required for proper germ cell proliferation and fertility at elevated temperature. One aspect of the nhl-2 loss of function phenotype is that nhl-2 mutants are distributed in different groups based on both their P granules number and PGL-1 intensity: one population has wild type PGL-1 intensity while the second group has severely reduced amounts of PGL-1. Strikingly, such variability is observed even in the sterility phenotype of nhl-2 mutants at elevated temperatures. Taken together, our results suggests that NHL-2 loss of function disrupts germ cell proliferation as well as P granule formation or stability during early stages of germ cell precursor development and that NHL-2 function may be partially redundant with other regulators of P granule stability. Keywords : P granules, NHL-2, Germline.

La divison cellulaire asymétrique est un processus essentiel qui permet aux cellules souches de s’auto-renouveller et de produire une cellule fille destinée à la différenciation. La lignée germinale de C. elegans, totipotente et immortelle, est une lignée de cellules souches qui contient des organites ribonucléoprotéiques appelés granules P. Au cours du développement ces derniers sont toujours localisés spécifiquement dans les cellules précurseurs de la lignée germinals, suggérant qu’ils sont des déterminants de la lignée germinale. De façon intéressante, des granules ribonucléoprotéiques, comme les P bodies impliqués dans le contrôle post-transcriptionnel, ont été observés chez tous les organismes. Néanmoins, la fonction précise des granules P de C. elegans est inconnue. Récemment, notre laboratoire a montré que NHL-2, un homologue de Mei-P26 de Drosophile, colocalise avec les granules P dans des embryons précoces et joue un rôle dans la division cellulaire asymétrique et dans la polarité cellulaire. Tous les granules P contiennent NHL- 2, ce qui nous a mené à poser l’hypothèse que NHL-2 régule la biogenèse et la fonction des granules P. Nous avons testé cette hypothèse par imagerie et quantification de l'intensité de PGL-1, un composant essentiel des granules P, dans des embryons fixés. Nos résultats montrent que dans des embryons mutants pour nhl-2 il y a une réduction du nombre de granules P, de l'intensité de fluorescence moyenne (IFM) et de l'intensité de fluorescence total (IFT) de PGL-1. Une analyse plus poussée a montré qu'il existe deux populations distinctes d’embryons mutants pour nhl-2 : l’une présente une intensité de PGL-1 comparable à celle d’une population sauvage alors que le second groupe présente une forte réduction des quantités de PGL-1 et est comparable à des mutants pour pgl-1. Cette variabilité est aussi observée dans le phénotype de stérilité de nhl-2 mutant à des températures élevées. Globalement, nos résultats suggèrent que la perte de fonction de NHL-2 perturbe la prolifération des cellules germinales ainsi que la formation et/ou la stabilité des granules P au cours des étapes précoces du développement des précurseurs de la lignée germinals. D’autre part, ils suggèrent que la fonction de NHL-2 pourrait être partiellement redondants avec les autres régulateurs de la stabilité des granules P. Mots-clés : Granules P, NHL-2, Cellules germinals. / Asymmetric cell division is a process that enables stem cells to simultaneously self-renew and generate progeny committed to differentiation. For instance the totipotent and immortal germ lineage in C. elegans is a stem cell lineage that contains ribonucleoprotein organelles called P granules. P granules are present specifically in germ cells and have been proposed to function as germ line determinants. Interestingly, various RNP granules, such as P bodies that regulate post-transcriptional control have been also observed in all organisms. Nevertheless, the precise function of C. elegans P granules remains elusive. Recently our lab showed that NHL-2, a C. elegans homologue of Drosophila Mei-P26, localizes to P granules in early embryos and plays a role in asymmetric cell division and cell polarity. All P granules contain NHL-2, raising the possibility that NHL-2 plays a role in regulating P granule biogenesis and function. We investigated this possibility by imaging and quantifying the intensity of PGL-1, a core component of P granules, in fixed embryos. This analysis revealed that there is a reduction in: 1) the number of P granules and 2) the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) and total fluorescence intensity (TFI) of PGL-1 staining in nhl-2 null mutant embryos compared to wild type. Our further analysis of nhl-2 loss of function demonstrates that NHL-2, similar to P granule core components such as DEPS-1, GLH-1 and PGL-1, is required for proper germ cell proliferation and fertility at elevated temperature. One aspect of the nhl-2 loss of function phenotype is that nhl-2 mutants are distributed in different groups based on both their P granules number and PGL-1 intensity: one population has wild type PGL-1 intensity while the second group has severely reduced amounts of PGL-1. Strikingly, such variability is observed even in the sterility phenotype of nhl-2 mutants at elevated temperatures. Taken together, our results suggests that NHL-2 loss of function disrupts germ cell proliferation as well as P granule formation or stability during early stages of germ cell precursor development and that NHL-2 function may be partially redundant with other regulators of P granule stability. Keywords : P granules, NHL-2, Germline.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(医学) / 甲第22341号 / 医博第4582号 / 新制||医||1042(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科医学専攻 / (主査)教授 髙折 晃史, 教授 羽賀 博典, 教授 伊藤 貴浩 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Medical Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

IntroductionPreimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) was developed in the 1990s and has been used since to diagnose and discard embryos with genetic conditions or chromosomal abnormalities. CRISPR-Cas9 was discovered in 2012 and has been used in research, but has not become clinical practice on humans yet. CRISPR-Cas9 could potentially be applied to treat and prevent genetic disorders.AimThe aim was to investigate the ethical dilemmas of each method through a set of research questions. The ethics of applying PGD according to Swedish guidelines and applying CRISPR-Cas9 on humans was investigated.MethodologyThis was not a systematic literature review. Instead, articles have been selected based on their explanation of each method and uniqueness or volume of ethical arguments surrounding each method, that is of relevance for the discussed issues.ResultsArguments in favour of PGD addressed among other things the somatic and psychological health of future children and parents along with the economical benefits. Arguments against PGD addressed different dilemmas of discarding an embryo and thereby a future individual. Arguments against CRISPR-Cas9 addressed technical limitations, our limited knowledge of genetics and more. Arguments in favour addressed benefits in clinical medicine and research.ConclusionsPGD according to Swedish guidelines was found to be ethically acceptable, since its restrictive use that have not given room for ethically dubious applications. CRISPR-Cas9 was found not to be safe enough for human applications at this moment due to technical limitations. If these were to be solved, caution and restraint must be urged.

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A doença de von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) é uma síndrome de câncer familial herdada de forma autossômica dominante que predispõe ao desenvolvimento de diversos tipos de neoplasias benignas e malignas. É causada por mutações germinativas e somáticas no gene VHL e tem uma incidência aproximada de um a cada 36.000 nascimentos. O gene VHL é um supressor tumoral e codifica a proteína VHL, a qual possui, entre outras funções, uma atividade ubiquitina-ligase, responsável pela poliubiquitinização e degradação proteassômica da subunidade alfa do fator induzido por hipóxia (HIF) na presença de oxigênio. As principais características da doença de VHL são: hemangioblastomas de sistema nervoso central (SNC), principalmente do cerebelo e medula espinhal; angiomas de retina e carcinoma renal de células claras. A probabilidade de desenvolver cada um desses tumores ao longo da vida é estimada em maior que 70%, podendo manifestar-se desde a infância até a fase adulta, principalmente entre a 2ª e 3ª décadas de vida. Classifica-se a doença de VHL conforme a ausência (tipo 1) ou presença de feocromocitoma (tipo 2). A doença do tipo 2 é causada, essencialmente, por mutações missense no gene VHL. As mutações podem ser grandes deleções (20%) ou pontuais (80%) do tipo missense, frameshift, nonsense ou em regiões de splicing. O teste genético é considerado padrão para o manejo clínico dos pacientes e dos familiares em risco, pois permite o diagnóstico e o tratamento precoce das neoplasias, melhorando assim a expectativa de vida. Técnicas de biologia molecular, como o seqüenciamento direto do DNA e o Southern blotting quantitativo, permitem a detecção de mutações germinativas em até 100% dos casos. Técnicas mais recentes, como o PCR quantitativo em tempo real e o MLPA, têm sido empregadas para uma detecção mais eficaz de grandes deleções no gene VHL. Os objetivos do presente estudo foram: (1) diagnosticar os pacientes com suspeita da doença de VHL; (2) identificar e caracterizar mutações germinativas pontuais no gene VHL nos pacientes e em seus parentes de 1º grau; (3) fornecer o aconselhamento genético pré e pós-teste. Dos 37 indivíduos com suspeita da doença de VHL, 14 pacientes de sete famílias diferentes preencheram os critérios diagnósticos. Um paciente apresentou hemangioblastoma cerebelar isolado e sete parentes de 1º grau estavam assintomáticos. Foram realizadas as técnicas de PCR, RFLP e seqüenciamento direto do DNA genômico e após clonagem. Foram identificadas quatro mutações pontuais na região codificadora do gene VHL em quatro famílias diferentes, sendo que duas delas haviam sido descritas na literatura [c.226_228delTTC (F76del), c.217C>T (Q73X)]. As outras duas mutações são descritas pela primeira vez neste estudo e afetam o sitio de splicing (IVS1-1 G>A, IVS2-1 G>C). É provável que as demais três famílias sejam portadoras de deleções germinativas no gene VHL. Em resumo, os resultados apresentados neste estudo ampliam o conhecimento da base molecular da doença de VHL e consiste na primeira pesquisa de pós-graduação produzida pelo ambulatório de aconselhamento genético do câncer do HCFMRP-USP. / Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is an autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome that predisposes to the development of a variety of benign and malignant tumors. VHL is caused by germline and somatic mutations in the VHL gene and it has an incidence of approximately one in 36,000 livebirths. The VHL gene is a tumor suppressor that is translated into the VHL protein, which has many functions, mainly an ubiquitin-ligase activity, responsible for the polyubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation of the alpha subunit of the hipoxia-inducible factor (HIF) in the presence of oxygen. The main clinical features of VHL are: CNS hemangioblastomas, especially of the cerebellum and spinal cord; retinal angiomas and clear-cell renal carcinomas. The lifetime probability of developing one of these tumors is estimated at more than 70%, whichever may present since childhood until adulthood, more often during the 2nd and 3rd decades. VHL is classified into type 1 (without pheochromocytoma) and type 2 (with pheochromocytoma), the latter being mainly caused by missense mutations. VHL germline mutations may be rearrangements and large deletions (~20%) or point mutations (~80%), such as missense, frameshift, nonsense or in the splicing sites. VHL gene testing is considered standard for the clinical manegement of patients and relatives at risk, whereby it provides early diagnosis and treatment of tumors, improving their life expectancies. Molecular biology techniques such as sequencing and quantitative Southern blotting may detect virtually 100% of VHL germline mutations. More recent methods, such as quantitative real-time PCR and MLPA, have been shown to detect VHL gene gross deletions efficiently. The objectives of this study were: (1) to diagnose patients with VHL clinically; (2) to detect germline point mutations in the VHL gene in the patients and their close relatives at risk; (3) to provide pre and post-testing genetic counseling. Fourteen out of 37 patients from seven unrelated families fulfilled the VHL clinical diagnostic criteria, one patient presented a single cerebellar hemangioblastoma and seven at-risk relatives were still asymptomatic. The methods included: PCR, RFLP, genomic DNA direct sequencing and after cloning. Four germline point mutations in the coding region of the VHL gene were identified, two of whom had been described in literature [c.226_228delTTC (p.F76del), c.217C>T (p.Q73X)]. The other two mutations had not been described so far and affect the splicing sites (IVS1-1 G>A, IVS2-1 G>C). The other three families may carry gross germline deletions in the VHL gene. In conclusion, the outcome presented in this study provides with a greater knowledge of molecular basis of VHL disease and relies on the first post-graduation research carried out at the HCFMRP-USP cancer genetic counseling service.

Aproximadamente 4% das pacientes com câncer de mama têm o diagnóstico abaixo dos 36 anos. Mutação germinativa nos genes BRCA1 ou BRCA2 pode ser um dos fatores de predisposição e a identificação de pacientes carreadoras pode permitir o direcionamento do tratamento e o aconselhamento familiar para medidas de prevenção e detecção precoce. Entretanto, a maioria das pacientes apresenta câncer esporádico e fatores predisponentes são menos evidentes. Para estas pacientes, a identificação de mutações somáticas pode permitir a melhor compreensão da biologia da doença e o desenvolvimento de tratamentos dirigidos a alvos moleculares. Assim, nossos objetivos foram avaliar em pacientes jovens com câncer de mama: história familiar, hábitos de vida, mutação germinativa nos genes BRCA1 e BRCA2 e mutações somáticas no tumor. Oitenta e três pacientes diagnosticadas com câncer de mama entre 18-35 anos foram entrevistadas usando um questionário. O DNA foi extraído do sangue periférico e toda região codificadora dos genes BRCA1/2 foi sequenciada pelo método de sequenciamento de Sanger e a pesquisa de grandes deleções e inserções foi realizada por Amplificação Dependente da Ligação de Múltiplas Sondas (MLPA). Os resultados foram analisados utilizando-se os programas Mutation Surveyor v.3.20 e Chromas version 2.13 e as mutações foram caracterizadas utilizando-se os bancos de dados BIC, LOVD, LOVD-IARC, UMD e ClinVar. O sequenciamento completo do exoma foi realizado em amostras de sangue e tumor fresco congelado de oito pacientes (receptor hormonal positivo, HER2 negativo e BRCA1/2 tipo selvagem) usando Nextera Rapid Capture Enrichment e sequenciadas no Illumina HiSeq 1000. Para detecção de alterações somáticas provenientes do sequenciamento completo do exoma, foi utilizado o programa SomaticSniper (v1.0.2). Foi também analisada a presença de mutação somática no gene PIK3CA em amostras tumorais em blocos de parafina de pacientes jovens e pacientes mais idosas com câncer de mama. Além disso, foi realizada uma meta análise para avaliar se mutação somática nos cinco genes mais frequentemente mutados em câncer de mama estão associados à idade precoce. A idade mediana das 83 pacientes ao diagnóstico foi 32 anos (22-35 anos); idade mediana da menarca foi 13 anos (8-19 anos); 71,1% já passaram por pelo menos uma gestação a termo com idade mediana de 22 anos (14-34 anos); 80,7% nunca fumaram; 74,7% não ingerem bebida alcoólica regularmente; a média para índice de massa corpórea foi 25,26 (10,78-41,57). A maioria das pacientes teve diagnóstico de carcinoma ductal invasivo (89,3%), grau histológico III (49,4%), subtipo luminal (65,9%) e com expressão de Ki67 >14% (89,2%). Aproximadamente 52% das pacientes relataram história familiar para câncer de mama, ovário ou próstata. Mutações deletérias nos genes BRCA1/2 foram detectadas em 13 pacientes (BRCA1, n= 4 e BRCA2, n= 9). Uma mutação nova, que gera um códon de terminação (c.483T>A; p.Cys161Ter), foi detectada no exon 6 do gene BRCA2. O sequenciamento do exoma foi realizado em amostras de oito pacientes carreadoras de BRCA1/2 tipo selvagem e tumor subtipo luminal e revelou uma média de 39 alterações somáticas por tumor (variando entre 19-74). Foram observadas alterações com potencial driver em 53 genes, como PIK3CA, PRKD1, PRKAR1A e PIK3AP1, que codificam proteínas tirosina quinase ou proteínas envolvidas na regulação de proteínas quinases; e no gene POLD1, que codifica a subunidade catalítica da polimerase delta, com papel na replicação e reparo do DNA. Em uma meta análise observamos que a mutação somática no gene PIK3CA é relativamente frequente em pacientes jovens e idosas. Concluindo, mais de 15% das pacientes jovens são carreadoras de mutação deletéria nos genes BRCA1 ou BRCA2. Em pacientes com câncer esporádico foram encontradas mutações somáticas em genes que codificam proteínas tirosina quinase ou proteínas envolvidas em reparo de DNA. Em consonância com o observado em tumores de pacientes mais idosas, mutação somática no gene PIK3CA é relativamente frequente em tumores de pacientes jovens / Approximately 4% of the breast cancer patients have their diagnosis under the age of 36 years and germline mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes is one of the predisposing factors. Identification of patients who are mutation carriers may contribute for the adoption of targeted therapies and for genetic counseling of their family members for early detection or preventive measures. However, most patients present with sporadic cancer where predisposing factors are less understood. In the latter group of patients, the identification of somatic mutations may contribute to a better understanding of the biology of the disease and to the development of molecular targeted therapies. Therefore, our goals were to characterize early onset breast cancer patients for family history, lifestyle, germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and somatic mutations. Eighty-three breast cancer patients aged 18-35 years were interviewed using a questionnaire. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood and all coding regions of BRCA1/2 genes were screened by Sanger sequencing and large deletions and insertions were examined by Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA). Results were analyzed through Mutation Surveyor v.3.20 and Chromas version 2.13 and searched in BIC Database, LOVD, LOVD-IARC, UMD and ClinVar. Whole exome sequencing was performed in blood and fresh-frozen tumor samples from eight patients (hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative and BRCA1/2 wild type) using Nextera Rapid Capture Enrichment in an Illumina HiSeq 1000. To detect somatic SNVs from whole exome sequencing data, SomaticSniper (v1.0.2) was used. Somatic mutation in PIK3CA gene was then searched in Formaldehyde Fixed-Paraffin Embedded samples from another group of young and older breast cancer patients. In addition, a metaanalysis was performed to evaluate whether somatic mutations in the five genes most frequently mutated in breast cancer patients were associated with an early age onset. Median age of 83 patients at diagnosis was 32 years (22-35y), median age of menarche was 13 years (8-19y); 71.1% patients had at least one born child, median age of first pregnancy was 22 years (14-34y); 80.7% were never smokers; 74.7% reported no regular alcoholic drinking; median body mass index was 25.26 (10.78-41.57). Most patients presented with invasive ductal carcinoma (89.3%), histological grade III (49.4%), luminal subtype (65.9%) and Ki67 expression > 14% (89.2). Approximately 52% of the patients reported a positive family history for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer. Deleterious mutations in BRCA1/2 genes ware detected in 13 patients (BRCA1, n= 4 and BRCA2, n= 9). One novel mutation was detected in BRCA1 gene: a stop codon in exon 6 (c.483T > A; p.Cys161Ter). Exome sequencing was evaluated in eight luminal tumors fromBRCA1/2 wild type patients and a median of 39 somatic alterations/tumor was detected, varying from 17 to 74. Potential driver alterations were detected in 53 genes, such as PIK3CA, PRKD1, PRKAR1A and PIK3AP1, that encode tyrosine kinase proteins or proteins involved in tyrosine kinases regulation; and POLD1 gene, that encodes the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase delta which plays a critical role in DNA replication and repair. A Meta-analysis showed that somatic mutation in PIK3CA gene was frequently detected in both young and older patients. In conclusion, more than 15% of the young breast cancer patients are BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. In patients with sporadic cancer somatic mutations were found in genes that encode tyrosine kinase proteins or are involved in the DNA repair. In agreement with what was observed in tumors from older patients, somatic mutation in PIK3CA gene is relatively frequent in tumors from young patients

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Das CHARGE-Syndrom ist ein autosomal dominant vererbtes Dysmorphiesyndrom. Meistens handelt es sich um sporadische Fälle. Nur für ca. 2/3 der Betroffenen konnte als Ursache eine Mutation im CHD7-Gen nachgewiesen werden.  In dieser Arbeit wurde eine Familie untersucht, in der zwei Kinder gesunder Eltern von einem CHARGE-Syndrom betroffen sind und die Mutation c.7302dupA heterozygot aufweisen. Die  ursächliche Mutation c.7302dupA ließ sich in den väterlichen Spermien nachweisen. Ein Gonadenmosaik konnte somit beim Vater der betroffenen Kinder bestätigt werden.  Eine Methode zur DNA-Analyse an Einzelspermien wurde etabliert, mittels derer der Grad des Mosaiks näher bestimmt werden konnte. In einer Stichprobe des untersuchten Falles trugen 16 von 59 der untersuchten Einzelspermien die Mutation c.7302dupA. Aus diesem Ergebnis lässt sich ein deutlich erhöhtes Wiederholungsrisiko bei einem weiteren Kind ableiten. Eine Interaktion von CHD7 mit CHD8 konnte durch einen direkten Yeast-Two-Hybrid nachgewiesen werden. Bestätigt wurde dieses Ergebnis durch den Nachweis der Ko-Lokalisation der beiden Proteine sowie durch ein Signal in einem bimolekularen Fluoreszenzkomplement-Assay. Im direkten Yeast-Two-Hybrid ließ sich die Interaktionsstelle im CHD7 auf den AS Bereich 1950–2172 mit den Domänen SANT und CR3 mit distalen und proximalen Überhängen eingrenzen.  Durch das Einfügen einer bei einem CHARGE-Patienten identifizierten Missense-Mutation p.Trp2091Arg in den entsprechenden CHD7-Abschnitt ließ sich keine Interaktion mit CHD8 im direkten Yeast-Two-Hybrid mehr nachweisen. Die Bedeutung dieser Missense-Mutation beim Wegfall der Interaktion zwischen CHD7 und CHD8 als Ursache für das CHARGE-Syndrom ist in diesem Fall anzunehmen.